AGP compiles updated data of employees
The National Assembly was informed on Friday that the Accountant General of Pakistan (AGP) Revenues (AGPR) updated all records of federal government employees on the System Application Product (SAP) system with unique personnel numbers.
Parliamentary Secretary for Finance Saad Waseem Sheikh, while responding to a question, said that all key events, including appointments, promotions, upgradations, transfers, retirements, revisions of pay and allowances, and service verifications, were recorded in the SAP system.
He highlighted that the AGPR currently managed updated records for 79,380 employees.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Business Recorder
3 hours ago
- Business Recorder
PTI founder steps up criticism of ‘establishment'
ISLAMABAD: In a fiery denunciation from behind bars, ex-prime minister Imran Khan on Friday slammed the 'establishment'. In a blistering message posted on X, Khan said 'establishment' is bent on cementing its personal power at the cost of national interest. 'The Senate, the National Assembly, the Prime Minister, and the President – none of them have any constitutional legitimacy,' Khan declared, lambasting what he called a 'sham constitutional court' that manipulated parliamentary seat distribution to rig the political landscape in favour of the military's chosen players. Khan did not spare the Election Commission of Pakistan either, accusing Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja of masterminding an unprecedented electoral fraud and then securing an extension to dodge any accountability. He revealed that an Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge has refused to hear his appeals for seven months, a silence he attributed to direct military interference. Condemning the systematic dismantling of the judiciary, institutions, and democratic norms, Khan said the legitimisation of military courts amounted to a judicial self-execution – a 'vote of no confidence' against the judiciary itself. He also alleged that the military leadership has weaponised his wife, Bushra Bibi, in a bid to break his spirit, but vowed he would rather die than bow to what he called 'Asim Munir's monarchy.' Khan dubbed the current rulers a 'Dacoits-and-Duffers Alliance' that has trampled judicial independence through the controversial 26th Amendment. Taking aim at Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, he blamed the cricket administrator for the country's plummeting status in the sports, warning that such unqualified cronies are ruining every institution they touch. He revealed that his calls for dialogue were contingent on the formation of inquiry commissions to investigate the bloody events of November 26, 2024, and May 9, 2023 – events he said were orchestrated under Gen Munir's orders, including the shooting of unarmed civilians. With dialogue now off the table, Khan asserted that the military has completely hijacked the country's system. Khan said he has tasked his legal team with ensuring the protest movement continues unabated, with the goal of restoring justice, the rule of law, and constitutional supremacy. He warned that without popular mobilisation, his party faces slow political extinction. On electoral reforms, Khan reiterated his long-standing demand for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), claiming that their use in the February 8, 2024 elections would have ended rigging once and for all. He urged their immediate adoption to guarantee transparent and fair elections in the future. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
a day ago
- Business Recorder
First meeting of sub-committee on housing and works held
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Standing Committee on Housing and Works of the National Assembly was held on Thursday in the Committee Room of the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) Islamabad. The meeting was attended by members of the National Assembly, who were warmly received by Director General of the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority, Capt Zafar Iqbal (retd). Senior officials of FGEHA were also present on the occasion. During the meeting, members of the National Assembly emphasized the importance of collaboration and partnership and highlighted the significance of addressing the housing needs of Pakistan's growing population as a cornerstone of national development. The Committee members attentively considered the proposals presented and shared their valuable insights for future planning. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
2 days ago
- Business Recorder
A system that breeds fraud
EDITORIAL: In his briefing to the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee recently, FBR (Federal Board of Revenue) Chairman Rashid Langrial not only acknowledged that the potential volume of tax fraud in Pakistan could be as high as Rs700 billion, with sales tax fraud posing a particularly knotty challenge, he also conceded that its complete elimination remains unlikely. This is, in effect, an admission that there is something inherently wrong with the country's tax administration and overall taxation structure. While the FBR chairman readily owned up to the challenge posed by tax fraud and evasion, there remains within the tax bureaucracy a stubborn refusal to honestly reckon with the root causes of the country's dismal tax compliance. Firstly, there is a need to recognise that such huge levels of tax evasion cannot exist without the incompetence, and in too many cases, outright connivance of those manning the tax bureaucracy. But even more fundamentally, there is the structurally problematic over reliance on excessively high tax rates — rates that are not only steep but subject to frequent and accelerating increases — eroding public trust in and compliance with the system. For large segments of the economy, paying taxes at prevailing high rates has become substantially costlier than bearing the cost for evading them, yet the tax bureaucracy remains unwilling to confront the glaringly obvious truth: the higher the tax rate, the greater the temptation for evasion. The costs of evasion, such as bribing tax officials, are often significantly lower than the burden of full tax compliance in an environment of high rates. The chairman highlights sales tax fraud, yet in a country where the standard sales tax rate is 18 percent, and even higher in some cases, such high rates practically invite evasion. Anyone with even a basic grasp on tax policy can see then that the most effective way to broaden the tax net would be through lowering tax rates, but that understanding remains inexecutable in the absence of political will to tax all incomes irrespective of origin. Then there is the problem posed by a tax structure dependent on minimum tax on turnover, which is inherently punitive towards compliant taxpayers. Under this regime, even if an entity has incurred a loss and so certified by audit, it must still pay the legally mandated minimum tax on its revenue. How such a policy encourages businesses to join the tax net remains a mystery, as loss-making enterprises can easily be driven out of operation under this punishing framework, especially since Pakistani companies have to pay a minimum tax ranging from 0.5 to eight percent on turnover, irrespective of profitability. Essentially, this system penalises businesses for entering the tax net and for fully adhering to tax laws, while also undermining investment and suppressing broader economic activity. Added to this are the complications caused by high withholding tax rates. Not only do these remain exorbitant, but claiming and actually receiving refunds has become an increasingly onerous process. In many cases, businesses and individuals are unable to recover their dues without resorting to paying 'speed money' to relevant officials, creating yet another reason to simply stay out of the tax ambit than to expend effort and resources on documenting receipts, invoices and financial records for countless transactions only to be denied the full refund that is ultimately owed. We thus find ourselves trapped in a vicious, never-ending cycle. Multiple studies have highlighted the enormous cost of complying with Pakistan's complex and punitive tax system. A recent ADB study, for instance, clearly demonstrates the link between high rates, high compliance costs and increased tax evasion. Yet, judging by the prevailing attitude within the tax bureaucracy, there seems little hope that these legitimate concerns will be meaningfully addressed. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
